Environment
Tarantula hawks, beneficial beavers and the mollusk option
Human Burnout “The trends in Vital Signs 2007-2008 make it overwhelmingly clear that while Earth itself is almost certainly not dying, many of the planet’s ecological systems are. And the…
The Menu is the Message
Feast of Fields connects the links in the local food chain in an annual festival of fun and flavour.
Web Masters
“What would you rather have, spiders sitting in webs where you can see them, or bugs wandering around undetected?” asks Tom Mason.
Bullfrog Power
Purchasing Power! Bullfrog Power’s green electricity is hot in Headwaters, but is it worth the premium price?
Return of the Salmon: Restocking the Credit River
They’ve been away for one hundred years, but with the help of their friends, salmon are coming home to the Credit River.
A Strange Fish Story
More than sixty species of fish make their home in the Credit Valley watershed, but many of them are strangers to all but the most avid observers. Let us introduce you.
Hungry maggots, voracious cats & greedy planets
Biodiesel requires little or no modification to vehicle engines or fuelling infrastructure, and its greater lubricity may reduce maintenance costs.
Red-winged blackbirds
Red-winged blackbirds can read cattails as easily as a teen can spot the Golden arches!
A Farm Memoir
There were many good farms around the perimeter of Orangeville that have become subdivisions.
The Farm Crisis: Local Solutions
Although food prices have risen in recent years, farmers haven’t received their fair share of the increase.
The Farm Crisis: Global Problem
In just five years, between the 1996 and 2001 censuses, 12 per cent of Ontario farmers left farming.



